Account of expenses for assistants of the dekaprotoi, papyrus and a donkey guard TM 41906probably Karanis, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, province of EgyptIIIrd century A.D. (probably after 260 A.D.)

A short account of expenses listing payments in kind and in money: jars and a piglet given to the assistants of the dekaprotoi, 600 drachmas for papyrus, and 40 drachmas to the guard of the pack-donkeys. It dates to the 3rd century AD, probably after 260, and probably comes from Karanis in the Fayum.

In English machine translation

The dekaprotoi were local officials responsible for collecting taxes in kind. A knidion was a jar of a standard type, usually for wine, and the high price of papyrus reflects the inflation of the later 3rd century.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Money Account). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.